1981-06-01 Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Prasanna Puwanarajah (Tamil: பிரசன்னா புவனராஜா; born 1981) is a British actor, director, writer, and former junior medical doctor. Puwanarajah was born at Ipswich Hospital in Suffolk to Tamil Sri Lankan parents from Sri Lanka, his mother a psychiatrist and his father a dentist. He spent his early childhood on Churchill Avenue in Ipswich before the family moved to Hampshire when he was four. He participated in school plays and spent a season with the National Youth Theatre, but thought of acting as more of a hobby than a career choice at the time. He trained in Medicine at New College, Oxford. After working as a junior doctor in reconstructive surgery for over three years, Puwanarajah decided to take a year out. It was during this time he decided to become a full-time actor, describing it as "more of a strong pull towards something else" than a "push away from" his medical career.
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Malcolm | Joe | 2023-07-14 |
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National Theatre Live: Dara | Prosecutor Talib | 2020-12-01 |
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The Vote | Tom Baird | 2015-05-07 |
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The Gunman | Doctor (UCL) | 2015-02-16 |
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Möbius | Saïd | 2013-02-17 |
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Diana | Martin Bashir | 2013-09-19 |
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National Theatre Live: London Assurance | Servant | 2010-06-24 |
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National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Guildenstern | 2010-12-09 |
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The Stoning of Soraya M. | Revolutionary Guard | 2009-06-26 |
